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Dusek Ship Models, owned by @Daniel Dusek on this forum, bought the rights to Mamoli’s kits. His kits are excellent!
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I don’t need the above ladders. I’ll be making new ladders for the ladders above deck. I made the rope fence around the forward two companionways from steel pins and thread. The aft one had to be made from thread. Made and installed the boat stands and the some supports for the pin rails. Everything will get edge painted and sealed when I get the rest of the pin rail supports installed. Here’s the full model as of now:
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The remaining ladders from this set: They are not the greatest, but they’ll do. The next set will look better because I’m going to make a proper ladder making jig.
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Worked on Solferino today. A discussion on another build on this forum got me really wanting to work on Solferino again. So, I installed 6 ladders. Then I added 2 more railings to the remaining ladders. Now I’m working my way aft on the main deck. Here is a picture: Installed ladders.
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I do have to say, they are some of the nicer ship kits that I have ever seen, in any medium.
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Congratulations! Very well done!
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Just remember, the Shipyard 30th Anniversary combos are only $85 after shipping, from Age Of Sail, lol. And they come with 3 models.
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@catopower kindly told me about them (thank you very much, by the way!). I usually scratch build all that stuff anyway. I learned how while building my Prince de Neufchatel and found out that I really enjoy it. I’m almost to the fitting phase now. I’ll be making all of the eyebolts and double blocks for the guns soon. I’ll carve the guns from dowel rods like the ones for my last three ships. I’ll play the rest of the fittings by ear when I get to them.
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For anyone interested in building the Shipyard 1/96 HMS Mercury, there is a very nice lasercut detail set available directly from Shipyard models: https://shop.model-vessel.com/index.php?id_product=323&controller=product&id_lang=2 It looks like it runs about $17.
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The interior bulkheads are on: The doors: The stern covering: The Mercury is farther along than what I have pictures of. The interior doors are finished and installed. The bow hull is covered. I’m currently working on cutting out the main deck bulwarks, which includes the gunports.
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Nicely done!
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The detail of the plans are amazing! I like going from the original plans. It is a lot of fun for me. I’m paying very close attention to the construction of my Mercury kit on how I’m going to design the actual building of Magenta. The outer skin may be very thin with thicker frames/bulkheads. I may end up covering the hull in a very similar fashion to the Mercury. The lower hull covering only goes to the main deck. I may do likewise and then make the gun deck covering in one sheet to make it easier to align gunports (also like the Mercury). Chris Watton did that with the Revenge kit he designed for Victory Models, too.
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Chris, Very nicely done!
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Looking good!
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You’re welcome! Working on getting the interior bulkheads ready and installed: Work is going a little slower than it would because I am laminating the structural card pieces on basswood. I am having a lot of fun with this model!
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Just remember, fewer masts are easier than many masts. And fore and aft rigs are easier than square rigs. Incidentally, the MS Sultana was my first real ship model. I really enjoyed it. I learned a lot!
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GrandpaPhil replied to Dave_E's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I primarily use a micro drill, a scalpel (#10 and #11 blades), a coping saw and a razor saw. I have a good scroll saw (a Delta), but it’s never been out of its box. The only power tool I really use is an electric drill. I will say that a good machinist’s scale and a good set of straight edges are invaluable. -
This is the very bare bones version of the kit. https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/mk006-shipyard-hms-mercury.html It came with 2 others in the Northern European Ships Collection, Part 2: https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/30-anniversary-collection--north-europe-part-2--shipyard-mkj003--paper-model.html The set ran me $85 after shipping. This one just came with the model printed on paper, thin card, the laser-cut frames, the flags, and the plans. You are meant to layer the card up from your own card (cereal boxes and poster board work great). Shipyard makes add-ons, like blocks, masts and sails for this kit. They also sell a 1/72 version of the kit that looks amazing, with everything in it. https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/hms-mercury-1779-1-72-shipyard-zl006-laser-cardboard-kit.html The 1/96 kit (that I’m building here) is a kitbasher’s dream. The plans are amazing. Since it’s card, you have to provide your own decorations, sail cloth, masting, cannons and rigging supplies. But, I typically scratch build my own cannon, decorations and rigging supplies anyway. It’s one of the better kits I’ve bought.
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This is the 1:96 scale kit. It’s part of the Northern European Sailing Ships Part 2 collection.
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